Cornice mounting for shower curtains



De@ my i966 H. GROSSMAN CORNICE MOUNTING FOR SHOWER CURTAINS Filed Marchl0, 1965 United States Patent O 3,291,430 CORNICE MOUNTING FOR SHOWERCURTAINS Harold Grossman, 4723 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago, Ill. Filed Mar.10, 1965, Ser. No. 438,523 3 Claims. (Cl. 248-264) This inventionrelates to a cornice mounting for showerbath curtains.

The main objects of this invention are; to provide an entirely newstructure of a mounting for shower curtains used with conventional bathtubs, shower stalls etc.; to provide a mouting of this kind with animproved form of traverse bar and anhoring means for detachablysupporting the bar on the end walls defining the tub area; to provide animproved cornice mounting of this kind which permits of an aestheticformation of all exposed faces thereof; and to provide an improvedornamental mounting of this kind of such simple structure as to makevery economical its manufacture and marketing, most facile and securethe mounting thereof on the walls, and permit a wide range of ornamentalformation of its exposed faces so `as to accord it a preference over allother types of shower-curtain mountings otherwise available.

In the adaption shown in the accompanying drawings:

FIGURE l is a miniature front view of a conventional bathtub with ashower-curtain suspended from a cornice mounting constructed inaccordance with this invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged top view of the end portion of this improvedcornice mounting within the circle A of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the assembly shown in FIG. 1 withpart broken away to indicate the provision for the curtain-suspensionhooks;

FIG. 4 is a reduced-size, transverse, sectional view taken on the planeof the line 4 4 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a reduced-size, transverse, sectional view taken on the planeof the line 5 5 of FiG. 3;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of one end of this five-part structure,preparatory to securing the mounting in use position, and

FIG. 7 is a front view with the traverse bar and wall bracket set topermit the anchor member to be shifted into place to lock the traversebar in curtain suspending position on the wall bracket.

The essential concept of this invention involves an ornamental,front-face traverse bar, the ends of which are secured to a pair ofangle brackets by means of comparably-ornate, slidably-supportedanchoring members.

A shower-curtain mounting embodying the foregoing concept comprises atraverse bar 11, a pair of identical anchoring members 12 and a pair ofsupporting wallbrackets 13 in the form of right angle bars.

The traverse bar 11, as here shown, is channel-shaped with front andrear transverse parts 14 and 15, respectively, extending paralleldownwardly from a base part 16. The length of the traverse bar 11 isjust enough to tit conveniently between the end walls W-l and W-2, whichdene the ends of the bathtub area, and permit easy but secure support ofthe bar 11 on the L-shaped wall brackets 13, as will be explained.

The front face of the bar part 14 here is shown formed with a Doricstyle ornamentation. Thus, the upper and lower portions 17 and 18 of thebar 11 are slightly concave thereby forming pairs of longitudinal ridges19 along the top and bottom margins of the bar 11. Obviously, othertypes of ornamentation may be employed with equal aesthetic appeal. Thetransverse parts 14 and 15 extend slightly above the base 16 to formrims 21 and 22, respectively, (FIG. 4). These are of a heightsubstantially equal to the thickness of the metal from which thebrackets 13 are formed. Thus, these rims 21 and 22 ice dene a seat 23(FIG. 7) for the horizontally-disposed legs 24 of the brackets 13, aswill be explained.

Interiorly, along the juncture of the rear transverse part 15 and thebase 16, of the bar 11, a channel 34 is formed for the traveling supportof the conventional hooks 25 whereon is suspended a shower curtain 26.At each end of the channel is secured a bolt-and-nut stop 20 to retainthe hooks 25 against inadvertent displacement from the channel 34.

The pair of identically-formed anchoring members 12 are channel-shapedvery much in the cross-sectional contour of the bar 11. The front andrear parts 27 and 28 extend transversely of a base 29. They have theirrespective extremities shaped to form rails 30 and 31 embracing thelower edges of the transverse parts 14 and 15 of the bar 11. Thus, theseanchoring members 12 are free to slide along the bar 11 when they areinserted over the one or the other en-ds thereof. The front face of eachof these anchoring members 12 is ornamented to conform with theabove-described Doric style of the front face of the bar 11.

A set screw 32 is positioned medially of the base 29 of each of thesemembers 12. This permits securing the members 12 to the ends of the bar11 with the legs 24 of the brackets 13 embraced in seats 23 of the bar11 (see FIG. 7).

The brackets 13 are sections of conventional angle bar. In use thesebrackets are secured to the walls W-l and W-2 in any known manner suchas by screws 33 with the legs 24 in opposed horizontal alignment.

The five elements of the above-described shower-curtain cornice mountingarrive disassembled at a showerbath installation. It remains only to cutthe traverse bar 11, to an appropriate length, in the event it is longerthan the distance between the walls W-l and W-2.

Thereupon, the brackets 13 are anchored to the respective walls W-1 andW-2, at the desired height and with the legs 24 in opposed horizontalalignment.

The anchoring members 12, with the set screws 32 retracted, are set overthe respective ends of the bar 11, a distance inwardly greater than thelength of the legs 24 of the brackets 13. The bar 11 then is positionedwith the ends set up against the under face of bracket legs 24 toposition them in the seats 23 at the ends of bar 11 (FIGS. 6 and 7).

The anchoring members 12 then are shifted outwardly along the bar 11 toposition them over the -overlapping legs 24 of the brackets 13 (FIG. 3).Tightening of the set screws 32 now fixes the unit solidly in position.

The `cornice-mounting, thereupon, is ready to have the shower-curtainattached to the series of hooks 25, in the usual manner.

Although but one specic embodiment of this invention is herein shown anddescribed, it will be understood that details of the construction shownmay be altered or omitted Without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A cornice-mounting for shower-bath curtains comprising a traverse barchannel-shaped in cross section with parallel parts disposedtransversely of the base for inverted horizontal disposition between thewalls defining a bath area to provide Va raceway for showercurtainsuspension. means and having an ornate, vertically-disposed front face,a pair of wall brackets L-shaped in cross-section for invertedpositioning with one leg attached to a wall to dispose the other leghorizontally, the long leg being of a width less than the width of thebase part of the bar, a pair of anchoring members channel-shaped incross-section with parallel parts disposed transversely of the base andslidably supported in inverted positions on the bar, having an ornatefront face to match the front face of the bar, and oppositely shiftablealong the bar into positions embracive of the overlapping end portionsof the bar base and the other leg of the respective brackets to securethe bar in curtain-suspension position, and means on each anchoringmember for keying the members in use position on the bar.

2. A cornice-mounting for shower-bath curtains as set forth in claim 1wherein the transverse parts of the bar have inwardly extending shortportions spaced from the base of the bar to dene a seat of a depthsubstantially equal to the thickness of the material from which thebrackets are formed and wherein the one leg of each bracket is embracedby the respective member.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,215,331 9/1940Marsh 24S-223 2,291,177 7/1942 Vanderveld 248-264 2,460,997 2/1949 Myers211-123 2,640,533 6/1953 Junkunc 160-34 CHANCELLOR E. HARRIS,

Acting Primary Examiner.

JOHN PETO, Examiner.

1. A CORNICE-MOUNTING FOR SHOWER-BATH CURTAINS COMPRISING A TRAVERSE BARCHANNEL-SHAPED IN CROSS SECTION WITH PARALLEL PARTS DISPOSED TRAVERSELYOF THE BASE FOR INVERTED HORIZONTAL DISPOSITION BETWEEN THE WALLSDEFINING A BATH AREA TO PROVIDE A RACEWAY FOR SHOWER-CURTAIN SUSPENSIONMEANS AND HAVING AN ORNATE, VERTICALLY-DISPOSED FRONT FRACE, A PAIR OFWALL BRACKETS L-SHAPED IN CROSS-SECTION FOR INVERTED POSITIONING WITHONE LEG ATTACHED TO A WALL TO DISPOSE THE OTHER LEG HORIZONTALLY, THELONG LEG BEING OF A WIDTH LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF THE BASE PART OF THEBAR, A PAIR OF ANCHORING MEMBERS CHANNEL-SHAPED IN CROSS-SECTION WITHPARALLEL PARTS DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF